101: I am not qualified to make demands to Mr. Lin. (Updated 3)

Great Xia Settlement.

In the Deep Forest Sanatorium.

Ding Chang and Dayan Hao stared at the extinguished live stream screen, remaining silent for a long time.

The room was quiet.

After a long while, Dayan Hao's face broke into a moved and adoring smile.

"Dean Ding, you see, you worried too much."

"Mr. Lin still helped Sword Rain-jie vent her anger in the end!"

Ding Chang finally let out a long breath.

"What a domineering aerial combat..."

"I didn't expect Lin Ye's aerial combat thinking to be so advanced... How did he manage to make every technology so far ahead of the world?"

"And the design logic of this dungeon is completely different from the previous Raging Sea!"

After multiple shocks, Ding Chang was somewhat used to it.

In fact, as an expert specializing in naval dungeon technology, Ding Chang couldn't fully grasp the advanced level of aerial combat technology in Winter is Coming.

The fact that the South Goryeo Settlement's fighter jet fleet was completely annihilated certainly proved that the fighter jets in the dungeon were very strong, but to what extent, Ding Chang had no concept.

What he focused on more was actually Lin Ye's method of designing this dungeon.

If the method of the previous Raging Sea was ingenious, playing with the Challengers at will through one special event and special mechanism after another.

Then this time, Winter is Coming, was simple and brutal.

From the boundless, snow-covered plains and the sky full of ice and snow, to the Su-57 fighter jet array that completed its annihilation over Moscow in five minutes, and then to the PAK-DA bomber that still dropped bombs even on unarmed Challengers.

The whole feeling it gave was one of dominance!

Moreover, Ding Chang clearly had a feeling that the Winter is Coming dungeon couldn't just have this much; there must be more hidden military power within it.

Just then, Ding Chang's phone suddenly rang.

He picked up his phone; it was a familiar name: Zhao Shun.

Zhao Shun is the Dean of the Fifth Dungeon Technology Research Institute, and the Fifth Institute's main focus is aerial combat research, especially the design of fighter jet structures.

The Deans of Great Xia's several dungeon technology research institutes often held meetings together, so they were naturally familiar with each other.

Without thinking, Ding Chang could guess why Zhao Shun was calling.

"Old Ding, have you watched the live broadcast of the new dungeon, Winter is Coming? The Su-57 fighter jet that appeared in it is simply too advanced!"

"I know you have a close relationship with Mr. Lin. Could you please ask Mr. Lin to give a lecture at our Fifth Dungeon Research Institute? Even an hour would be fine, half an hour would be fine!"

"If the researchers in the institute can learn even a little from Mr. Lin, it will be enough to elevate Great Xia's Air Force technology by several levels."

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Shun sounded very excited.

In fact, for a Dean to directly make such a request was a bit inappropriate.

But Ding Chang could also understand why Zhao Shun was like this at the moment.

Among Great Xia's various research directions, the most lagging currently was the Air Force, which seemed to have hit a bottleneck in recent years and had made no progress.

It had even been far surpassed by the nearby South Goryeo Settlement.

...

Ding Chang was silent for a while before finally speaking.

"Old Zhao, to be honest, I don't have any standing to ask Mr. Lin to do that."

"I wouldn't even ask Mr. Lin for such a thing. You know the rules of our Great Xia; for young design geniuses, what we need to do is protect and recruit them as much as possible."

"But for top Designers of the TOP100 level, our principle is to disturb them as little as possible..."

Ding Chang's words had no intention of brushing off Zhao Shun.

On the contrary, the reason he said this was simply because he understood boundaries.

On Azure Star, because there were no countries, there naturally was no hard power to control the residents of a Settlement.

Thinking about it, it was true: without a police system, without real armies and weapons, and without corresponding laws for the Settlement, what could a Settlement use to restrain its residents?

The only thing that could truly make residents obey was the Sky Curtain.

The way the Da He Settlement managed its residents through the Emperor's faith was very rare on the entire planet.

It could even be said to be an anomaly.

Most Settlements actually adopted a relatively peaceful management style, focusing more on the daily lives of ordinary residents, but not interfering in dungeon design.

The Great Xia Settlement was also like this.

These official research institutes, for example, actually had no clearly formed actual power; they were merely organizations composed of people who were relatively outstanding in dungeon design, who had gained a certain amount of influence within the Settlement.

Essentially, they just banded together to collectively share and research new technologies to make the Settlement stronger.

This way, everyone could benefit.

But to be honest, the welfare that a few research institutes could bring to a Settlement was far less than what a TOP50 strong individual could bring.

What standing did Deans like Ding Chang and Zhao Shun have to ask Lin Ye to do such troublesome things?

"Old Ding, although that's true, don't think so rigidly."

"The Settlement's rules are the Settlement's rules, but everyone knows that Mr. Lin, you, and Sword Rain have some personal connections."

"Otherwise, why would Mr. Lin accept Kim Geun-seok's challenge..."

Ding Chang shook his head helplessly and said, "Old Zhao, you're really overthinking it."

"You also know that Kim Geun-seok challenged Mr. Lin first. As for why Mr. Lin accepted this challenge, he naturally has his own reasons."

Ding Chang knew that Lin Ye accepted Kim Geun-seok's challenge for his sake, but he would never reveal such a thing, as it would only bring trouble to Lin Ye.

In the end, Zhao Shun could only hang up the phone in disappointment.

Ding Chang sighed.

Actually, there were some things he didn't want to help his colleagues with, but comparatively, he valued Lin Ye's development more.

He didn't want to hinder the development of a Great Xia genius for his own small matters. Lin Ye was currently in a period of vigorous development.

If exposing his core technology by lecturing for Zhao Shun resulted in a net loss, it would definitely not be worth it.

Such a loss, he, Ding Chang, could not bear.

After thinking for a long time, he slowly spoke to Dayan Hao beside him:

"Xiao Bai, although we shouldn't influence Mr. Lin too much. But this time... you should still try to contact Mr. Lin."

"Explain the detailed situation of the Kim family chaebol and these South Korea chaebol organizations to him, so he can prepare in advance."

"Kim Geun-seok lost so badly this time; he will definitely not let it go."